The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

  SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPACE... (compleat] I am going to talk about the first science fiction book I ever read; possibly the first real book...

 SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPACE Zero Chris Godfrey is an almost completely passive protagonist. He has no agency whatsoever. His heroism consist...

 SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPACE... ONE The book starts with Sir George Benson, visiting his old school on sports-day, and noticing that one youn...

SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPACE... TWO It's the damn Russians, of course. The English believe that the mysterious domes that have appeared on...

Something to do with space... THREE So, it is 1957. England has its own space-programme. It has sent unmanned probes and monkeys into space;...

SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPACE... FOUR As a matter of fact, you can go home again. But home looks different. Unless you have been away for too l...

SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPACE... FIVE I am going to talk about the first science fiction book I ever read; possibly the first real book I ever ...

 What do you think will happen in this week's episode of Doctor Who, Andrew? https://www.patreon.com/posts/59548173

Can we get three questions out of the way before we start? 1: Ought Tolkien to have engaged in world-building above and beyond what was need...

BOB BAKER While I was writing this piece, the news came through that Bob Baker, co-writer of Underworld, Invisible Enemy and numerous other ...

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